Flytrap



F. KULBAKA.

FLYTRAP.

APPLICATION man MAH, 1920.

mvEN'roR VIl() UNIT FRANCISZEK KULBAKA, OF WEST ALBANY, NEW YORK.

FLYTRAP.

specification of Letters ratent. Patnted Noi 23, 1920.

Application ined May 7, 1920. semi No. 379,455.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, FnANorsznK KULBAKA, citizen of Poland, residing at West Albany, in the county of Albany and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flytraps, of which the following is a specification.

rllhis invention relates to ily trap holders and especially to those designed to hold traps from the stand for the purpose of cleaning said trap.

To attain the above and other objects, I employ the device shown in its preferred form in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1 is a vertical section of my invention as it appears when holding a fly trap, the section being taken on line 1-1 of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and shows the means used for securing the trap to the stand.

In the practical embodiment of my invention, the fly trap 10, having a removable cover 11 and spaced legs 12 thereon, is made with a rentrant base 13, which is provided with lan opening 14. My improved holder comprises a base 15, of suitable material, in which shallow grooves 16 are cut to receive slides 17. In the center of base 15, an opening 18 is made, reaching up from the bottom of said base and extending part way therethrough, to receive a wing nut 19, which is suitably secured to a cam disk 20 resting on the upper face of the base 15. A cross shaped 'flat' spring 21 is secured to the upper end of opening 18, and presses against pin 22, passing through the shank of nut 19, whereby said nut is pressed downwardly, keeping disk 2O in close contact with the upper face of base 15. Cam slots 23 are cut in disk 20, pi'ns24 of slides 17 engaging said v* ca m slots so that rotation of said disk causes said slides to move radially of said disk in grooves '16. Spring-wire fingers 27 at the outer ends of slides 17 serve t0 firmly'grip the trap 10 in the innermost position of said slides, and release the trap for easy removal from the holder in the voutermost position of said slides.

Suitable y bait 28 may be placed on cam a disk 20 or at any other convenient point so as .to attractlies, which enter the trap between legs 12 and after passing through the opening 14, fly around till they drop into a liquid 29, which is usually water.

For removing the trap from the stand for cleaning purposes, wing knut 19 isturned in the proper direction, rotating cam disk 20, and causing slides 17 to move outwardly torelease fingers 27 from contact with the trap.

To secure the trap in the holder, the operation is reversed. Y y

lIt will be seen'that danger of breaking the trap in moving, due tothe slippery surface or to the peculiar shape of the trap', is lessened when heldin my improved stand,

and that a lirm support .with a wide spreading base such as is provided serves also to" lessen the danger of `tipping over the stand y y by an accidental sudden movement.

I claim: f 1. In a device of the character described,

a base, a series of slides radially movable on i said base, trap holding fingers mounted on the outer ends of said slides, pins xed on the inner ends of said slides, a disk rotatably mounted on said base centrally thereof, said disk having cam slots engaged by said pins, and means extending through said base and operable from the underside thereof for rotating said disk to move said slides.

2. In a device of the character described, a base, trap holding fingers, and means for moving said ngers radially of said base comprising slides on which said fingers are fixed, pins at the inner ends of said slides,

a cam disk `having cam slots engaged by said pins, and means for rotating said disk.

3. In a device of the character described, a base, trap holding lingers slidably mounted on said base, means for moving said 100 lingers radially of said base, and a spring a cam disk having cam slots engaged by said for holding said finger moving means on pins and means for rotating said disk, and 10 said base. a spring for holding said finger moving 4. In a device of the character described, means on said base. y a base, trap holding fingers slidably mount- In testimony whereof I have affixed myV ed on said base, means for moving said signature this 26 day of April, 1920. lingers radially of said base comprising slides, pins at the inner ends of said slides, FRANCISZEK KULBAKA. 

